Letter to the Editor: A couple of suggestions for the prisons

While reading The Baxter Bulletin about prisons and inmates in the state, it gave the breakdown of all the areas for inmates except those on death row. Whatever happened to "let the punishment fit the crime"?

That would free up a lot of beds. Why doesn't Gov. Beebe allocate money to fill those beds not in use instead of building more prisons? Put all those inmates for drugs in one unit. Make more prisons like Pine Bluff where inmates work the land and farms. County prisoners pick up trash from the roadways. I know work crews come in from Calico Rock to get parks ready for summer.

My main concern is why keep feeding and housing inmates on death row? Get the job done and free up those beds.

John Montgomery is doing the best he can do with the money he has to work with. Keep up the good work, John. I am all for you.

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Letter to the Editor: A couple of suggestions for the prisons

While reading The Baxter Bulletin about prisons and inmates in the state, it gave the breakdown of all the areas for inmates except those on death row. Whatever happened to 'let the punishment fit